From what i can gather, it could be beneficial to, for example, have an instance which would become the main place to get videogame content on Lemmy. Most communities would be for specific games or AAA companies, but it could also have c/general for asking questions or topics which are non specific to any community, or c/meta, which would work as a place to discuss the state of the instance.

Overall, nothing that different from the actual status quo, but this way, we could consider instances as hubs for certain topics, which would then specialize with the /c/s within said instance. Instead of having 7 c/technology across instances, we could have @Tech.no and subdivide it into c/topic1, c/topic2, etc. (was supposed to come up with smthing but came empty handed shut up i dont browse that sub) .

What im mostly seeing here is that popular instances themselves are not different from reddit. The most popular instances on lemmy are beehaw.org and lemmy.ml, which have the same m.o, if you will, of reddit. Which is good, theyre popular for a reason, but in a way, theyre competing with each other. Not financially, but there will be overlap between certain /c/s.

Of course im not asking if its possible. Its just a matter of running the server and having the right infrastructure. My question is if you think its feasible to decentralize lemmy from the main instances, or even a good idea in the first place. Maybe you think its ok the way things currently are? Or maybe what i said is supposed to be the goal and im just late to the party? What are your thoughts?

  • IndeterminateName@beehaw.orgEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Definitely think that content specific instances with more niche communities within them is the way forward. There’s no reason for lemmy.ml to have a raspberry pi community if computers.social has a raspberry pi community.

    • gnoopEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      So you’d have one Raspberry Pi community rather than every server creating their own? That would seem easier for some new users coming onboard.

      • IndeterminateName@beehaw.orgEnglish
        8·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, there’d be nothing stopping other places having a Pi community but it makes more sense for a dedicated technology instance to run the main Pi community rather than having a dozen little ones.

        You could go even more niche and have a raspberry pi instance and then have Pi3, Pi4, Zero, software, hats communities within that.

        • gnoopEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          This is my preference as well. It reduces confusion.